TORREY HONORS INSTITUTE
TORREY
INSTITUTE
PROGRAM PLAN The Torrey Honors Institute program, when completed, is the most rigorous general education course of studies available at this University. These classes will replace (for Torrey Honors Institute students only) the following liberal arts requirements for a four-year degree at Biola University: Communication, English, Literature, Fine Arts, History, Phi losophy, and Behavioral Science. These account for 29 units of material. Torrey students will replace these courses with 32 units of honors humanities' courses (including the the sis) . Torrey will also replace the standard 30 units ofBible in the curriculum with 32 units. To gain a four-year degree, students will be responsible for all other academic, social, and spiritual requirements ofBiola University. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 110 Foundations ol Thought (4) Introduces the student to such works as Iliad, Odyssey, PeloplJTl ntSian WaT, Plato's Ap~. Phaedo, Mnw, Symposium and Republic; along with works from Aesch~us, Sophocles, Euripedes. Credit given for ARTS 100 and COMM 100. Fall, freshman year. 111 Biblical Foundations (4) Introduces the students to Biblical literature and includes: Genesis, Exodm, Joshua, Judges. Credit given for BBST I05. Fall , freshman year. 120 Formation ol the Modem Mind (8) Examines such works as: Aristotle 's Physics, Metaphysics, Cate gories, De Anima, and Nicomachean Ethics; Virgil's Aeneid; Divine Ccmedy, and Canterbury Tales. Credit given for ENGL l lOA/ B
Director:John Mark Reynolds, Ph.D. FACULTY Associate Professor: Reynolds OBJECTIVES
The Torrey Honors Institute is a two-year program in the liberal arts for undergraduates at Biola. Students accepted in the program represent outstanding undergraduates in terms of academic ability, Christian character, and potential for leadership. Instruction is in small tutorials. The curricu lum contains the master works of Western civilization, with a special emphasis on Christian texts. Students come from a variety of majors. The program trains students in a rigorous discussion group format It teaches high level writing and critical thinking skills. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Admission to Torrey is by invitation only. Students are invited to apply after a review by the Office of Admission and the program Director following their making application to Biola University. The average applicant is in the top ten per cent of all students planning to attend Biola University in terms of academic, social, and spiritual leadership. High school students wishing to apply to Torrey should take four years of each of the core disciplines. It is expected that the successful Torrey student will have successfully completed some honors or Advanced Placement work, if such is avail
able at his or her high school. ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS
and ENGL 250. Spring, freshman year. 121 Biblical Poetry and Wisdom literature (4)
Students wishing to enroll in any courses in the Torrey Honors Institute must have outstanding written and spoken English skills. This will be demonstrated by the prospective student in a paper submitted with the Torrey application and by a personal interview with the director. ADVANCED PLACEMENT CREDIT It is anticipated that a majority of Torrey students will have earned Advanced Placement credit in high school. Students will not, however, be exempted from any Torrey Honors Insti tute required classes as a result of Advanced Placement credit AP. credit is, therefore, helpful in being admitted to Torrey, but not equivalent to Torrey classes in style, content or rigor. TORREY CERTIFICATE A student who completes the full Torrey program (64 credits including thesis) will be awarded the Torrey Honors Institute Certificate. Astudent need not graduate from Biola University to receive this Certificate; additionally, a student can graduate without earning the certificate. Application should be made with the director following the successful defense of the Torrey thesis. TRANSFER STUDENTS Accepted Torrey students will not be exempted from any Torrey classes based on transfer credit
Explores Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Apostolic Fathers, Augustine's Confessions and City of God, ConsolatilJTl of PhiloS1> phy, Philokalia, and Summa Tluologica. Credit given for BBST
I09. Spring, freshman year. 210 Modem Western Thought (4)
Delves in such writings as: D/Jll Quixote, Faerie Quetne, several works of Shakespeare, Hobbes' uuiaJhan and selections from Descartes. Credit given for HIST 205. Fall, sophomore year. 211 Christian Origins and Early Thought (8) Considers: The Four Gospels, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Cruds of tht <Jiurchts, John Donne, George Herbert, and Pil grim's Progress. Credit given for BBST 110 and PHIL 214. Fall, sophomore year. 220 Modem Western Thought II (8) Student will read and discuss books such as: Seamd Treaiise IJ1l Government, Emry Concerning Human Understanding, EW[Uiry Con cerning Human Understanding, Grounding for tht Metaphysics of Morals, Fedembst Papers, US ConstiJution, selections from William Wordsworth, Pruit and fujudia, Democracy in America, Utilitarian ism, Tale ofTwo Uiits, and Mo/JyDidt Credit given for HIST 105 and Behavioral Science requirement Spring, sophomore year. 221 Development and Division: Christian Doctrine (4) Includes the following: Pauline Epistles, Paradise Lost, Pensus, Famt, William Blake, Samuel Coleridge, Thl Idea of a Univer sity. Credit given for BBST 300. Spring, sophomore year.
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